http://archvirtual.com/?p=1187 Architecture and Design in Virtual Environments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:10:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://archvirtual.com/?p=1187&cpage=1#comment-6622 ‘Open Neighborhood’ project by Tufts University to engage Town of Acton residents in a town planning project | The ARCH Network Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:50:56 +0000 http://archvirtual.com/?p=1187#comment-6622 [...] Architecture students at Delaware Tech also used Second Life to to work with existing communities toward investigating proposals for sustainable design housing prototypes for use in the redevelopment effort in Cape Town, South Africa to replace existing marginal housing in the township areas. [...] [...] Architecture students at Delaware Tech also used Second Life to to work with existing communities toward investigating proposals for sustainable design housing prototypes for use in the redevelopment effort in Cape Town, South Africa to replace existing marginal housing in the township areas. [...]

]]> http://archvirtual.com/?p=1187&cpage=1#comment-2006 The ARCH Network » Blog Archive » Architectural Educators from Portugal, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, Denmark, Croatia, Russia, Italy, France, and Germany gather to discuss virtual architectural education Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:28:03 +0000 http://archvirtual.com/?p=1187#comment-2006 [...] demo, then on to tour the work that architecture students at Delaware Tech have built (story HERE), concluding with a tour through the work being done at Memorial University students as described [...] [...] demo, then on to tour the work that architecture students at Delaware Tech have built (story HERE), concluding with a tour through the work being done at Memorial University students as described [...]

]]> http://archvirtual.com/?p=1187&cpage=1#comment-1623 Cape Town Housing Project in Second Life « Africa in Virtual Worlds Sun, 17 May 2009 19:16:58 +0000 http://archvirtual.com/?p=1187#comment-1623 [...] In our opinion, the contact between Uthango and the students could have been a bit more, but their understanding of our clients ‘ needs were sufficient during some in-process visits. Jango Carducci (inSL) describes the project as “fun and challenging” and from the  brief interaction with this new ‘designer/builder’ it was obvious that the project was taken seriously and attention was given to details – given the SL building skills acquired in a short period of time. (However, it would be a mistake to focus on the actual builds and not on the lessons learned via the entire process of rendering a 3D-model from a concept sketches. This is also pointed out by Keystone Brouchard via the respected The Arch Network). [...] [...] In our opinion, the contact between Uthango and the students could have been a bit more, but their understanding of our clients ‘ needs were sufficient during some in-process visits. Jango Carducci (inSL) describes the project as “fun and challenging” and from the  brief interaction with this new ‘designer/builder’ it was obvious that the project was taken seriously and attention was given to details – given the SL building skills acquired in a short period of time. (However, it would be a mistake to focus on the actual builds and not on the lessons learned via the entire process of rendering a 3D-model from a concept sketches. This is also pointed out by Keystone Brouchard via the respected The Arch Network). [...]

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